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CBC
22-07-2025
- CBC
Residents of Notre-Dame Street encampment spared from eviction for another month
A group of people living in a tent encampment in Montreal's east end has won a reprieve from eviction until the end of August. Their camp, which is on property belonging to Quebec's Transport Ministry, was supposed to be dismantled after an injunction blocking the operation was set to expire Monday. But in a ruling issued Monday, a Quebec Superior Court judge said that neither the ministry or anyone else can proceed with the eviction or a cleanup operation targeting the camp until Aug. 27. The order applies to the strip of green space running along Notre-Dame Street East between Pie-XI Boulevard and St-Clément Street. Justice Gregory Moore said the province and the City of Montreal can only intervene on the site to make sure access to the nearby bike path and Morgan Park are clear. More specifically, tents cannot be set up within three metres of the bike path or 15 metres from the park, and cannot be fixed to or leaned against a fence or other property belonging to a private citizen. The encampment was already cleared out once, in 2020, when Montreal firefighters issued an eviction order after a propane tank fire broke out on the site. In November 2024, the Transport Ministry initiated another round of evictions and partially dismantled the camp. WATCH | Report urges Montreal to adapt care for people experiencing homelessness: Montreal should care for homeless people better, stop taking down encampments, new reports says 10 days ago The city's public consultation office says Montreal needs to take stronger leadership when it comes to homelessness, adding that cohabitation efforts are falling short. Notices were once again distributed in June of this year before a legal clinic advocating for the homeless population, the Clinique juridique itinérante (CJI), demanded an injunction on the dismantlement. Quebec's Superior Court awarded the CJI the injunction until the end of June. The CJI, the city and Quebec's attorney general then agreed to extend the injunction again until July 10. That day, the court extended it until July 21. Earlier this month, Montreal's public consultations office published a report on cohabitation, saying the city should not dismantle homeless encampments until it develops a policy governing when and how they can be taken down. At the time the report came out, on July 10, the city said dismantling encampments, though a "last resort," was sometimes necessary to protect the safety of people in and around the sites. The CJI said it would not comment on Monday's ruling.
CTV News
14-07-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Water activities suspended on Lachine Canal until Wednesday after heavy rainfall
Kayaking and other water activities on Lachine Canal are suspended until July 16, 2025 after the heavy rainfall. (Lachine Canal) Following the weekend's heavy rain, canoeing, kayaking and all other water activities are prohibited on Montreal's Lachine Canal until at least Wednesday. Parks Canada, which manages the canal, said that the City of Montreal advised the federal agency to close the canal to nautical activities because it needed to discharge water from a drain pipe following the storms. 'For safety reasons, a suspension of nautical activities such as canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding and fishing is in effect until Wednesday, July 16 at 5:17 p.m. Swimming is forbidden at all times,' Parks Canada said.
CTV News
09-07-2025
- CTV News
Notre-Dame St. encampment won't be taken down Thursday
Quebec's Transportation Ministry (MTQ) will not be dismantling the homeless encampment along Notre-Dame Street in Montreal's east end on Thursday, Noovo Info has confirmed. The Clinique juridique itinérante (CJI) obtained another injunction on June 30 preventing the MTQ and the City of Montreal from evicting those camping there until at least July 10. The MTQ told Noovo Info that no dismantling has been planned for that date. The CJI initially filed an emergency motion to prevent the planned dismantling of the camp on June 10. During the legal proceedings, lawyers argued that an eviction would cause those living there serious harm and shouldn't be done when shelters are overflowing. Lawyers for the City of Montreal and the MTQ, on the other hand, said there are safety issues associated with the camp, like the building of permanent structures, an increase in the number of tents and frequent interventions by police and the fire brigade. They said they did not want to ban encampments in the city, but only to move the tents to targeted areas. With files from Noovo Info
CTV News
30-06-2025
- CTV News
Court grants delay on dismantling homeless encampment in Montreal's east end
A judge has granted another injunction against the dismantling of a homeless encampment on Notre-Dame Street in Montreal's east end. The removal of the tents will not happen before July 10, when lawyers from the Clinique juridique itinérante (CJI), the city, and the provincial transport ministry will be back in Superior Court. The CJI, which represents the people living in the encampment, had argued that an eviction would cause serious harm and shouldn't be done when shelters are overcrowded. The tents are located along Notre-Dame between Pie-IX Boulevard and St-Clément Street in the city's Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough. Meanwhile, lawyers for the City of Montreal and the Ministry of Transport argued in the legal proceedings that the tents raise safety concerns, including the frequent interventions from the police and fire services. The court initially granted an injunction on the eviction on June 18 after the CJI filed an emergency injunction request on June 10. With files from Noovo Info
CBC
26-06-2025
- Business
- CBC
Struggling to find a place to live by moving day? Here's how to get help
The City of Montreal and the provincial government say they have resources for people who can't find an affordable place to live, with a housing crisis making July 1 a particularly difficult date for some.
